Advance care planning and end-of-life care in a network of rural Western Australian hospitals

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 195-200

  Auret, Kirsten ^a   Sinclair, Craig ^a   Averill, Barbara ^b   Evans, Sharon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Albany Community Hospice   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Palliative care; Regional health planning; Rural health services delivery; Terminal care

Indexed keywords

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL AUDIT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERMINAL CARE; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TERMINAL CARE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84948380168     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajr.12167     Document Type: Article

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